The first-term auditor plans to take an indefinite leave of absence starting Monday, rejecting calls from Republicans and fellow Democrats to resign. He is giving up his $116,950 annual salary and delegating his authority to a three-decade veteran of the agency, Jan Jutte.

Staff have said they don’t know how often he’s in his office in Olympia, but his scant Web history indicates he rarely works from his desk there.

“I just know that he didn’t use his office computer very much. I assume he used one at home,” Auditor’s Office spokesman Thomas Shapley said.

Kelley doesn’t have a state-provided computer or other devices at his home in Tacoma.

Jutte said while state employees are supposed to turn over text messages involving public business to their agency, they are under no obligation to turn over records of calls made and received from personal devices.